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Thursday, October 09, 2008

lovely layers

With each simple quilt that I complete, I am more and more smitten with simplicity. Now if that simplicity could translate into my daily life, that would be something. This quilt is easy to make-about as easy as they come. And of course, I used my stand by-stippling-to complete it.I used a solid yellow to back this quilt (it's what I had on hand), so I wanted to make sure that the binding packed a punch. I love the effect. I ordered the binding fabric from Cia's Palette, which I would highly recommend. Last time I ordered, I received my fabric the very next day. The thing about the binding fabric, Amy Butler full moon dots, is that it has a decidedly yellow tint, which makes it difficult to blend in some projects, but it is perfect for this one.

This quilt measures 41" x 56".

Anyone have a name suggestion for this one?---------For those of you who had questions about the Toyko's Triangle quilt, I added an edit to the previous post with a link to the flying geese tutorial that I am using.

This quilt & the name of the binding made me think of early morning when I'm out rowing and the sun is just coming up in pale reds & yellows, but the moon still sits in the pale morning sky -- full moon at dawn.

I love simplicity too. It shows the fabrics to the best advantage. And I'm all about the fabric. I love big dots for binding. So cute. This quilt is really very nice. It just goes to show you that you don't have to have triangles to make a nice quilt.

Love the simpleness of this quilt, and the binding is awesome! If I had to suggest a name, I think it would be Lemon Layer Cake...I too am curious as to what you do with all your creations? Gifts? Sell?Happy stitchings! 8-)

Lovely quilt.'Layers' reminds me of Donkey and Shrek talking about the fact that Shrek is like an onion 'cause he has layers and Donkey says since not everyone likes onions, how about 'parfait'? So, how about 'Simply Parfait'? :)

OK, this is random but ...the image reminded me of those sand art bottles that we used to get at carnivals and stuff. you know, where you fill a bottle with varying layers of colored sand (and then put it on your dresser where it collects dust until you finally get rid of it in high school? not that i did that. i'm just sayin'...).so maybe "sand art", "colored sand art", "sand art simplicity", or some other variation?

the horizontal layers remind me of a trifle.....and as I look up, i see many others went straight to food for name suggestions. Are we all hungry, or are desserts just so great that we try to incorperate them into other aspects of life?? I think it's the latter. good luck! :)

I love this quit too. I love the stripes and polka dots combo. My first thought for a name for it was custard, so maybe berry or vanilla custard? It definitely has a custard-y look to it, especially with the solid yellow back! Love it!

I love the quilt! I know you said it wasn't your favorite when you first posted about it, but I think it turned out beautiful. It actually reminds me of my favorite beach towel that I had when I was a kid! My sisters and I used to fight over it because it was prettier (a.k.a. newer) than the others we had. I'd sneak into the laundry room before heading out and steal it before my sisters could! I know! I was an awful little girl! Anyway...

Oh the quilt looks so beautiful. It's really true that less is more and you have achieved it in this quilt. The colors make the quilt. LOVE IT!Love it!! Love it!!!Boy, I've been so busy that I'm way behind times. When I return form our weekend holiday, I will spend a whole day just catching up. I took a quick peek of ast posts, can't wait to read them.

Your quilt is great as usual, and proves that it doesn't have to be complicated to be beautiful. :) I hope that you have come up with a name from all the suggestions - it cracks me up that there are so many related to food!

I love, love, love the simplicity of all your quilts. They are just stunning. I read all the comments and boy did everyone suggest food names! Got me hungry. I really liked some of them, but to me it reminds me of my favorite...New York Strawberry Cheesecake! Yummy like your quilt.

I do have piles and piles of quilts all around my home. I keep most of them in a quilt cupboard most of the time. They get rotated fairly often, especially the lap quilts. And i give some quilts as gifts and I am planning on donating some to charity.

So, I'm with the food people. I'm thinking cherry cheesecake. I love the wrapping paper quilts. They're so simple and look so great. I appreciate your site. I'm a complicated quilter, and I love some of your simple ideas. I could sure stand to go a little faster and use up some of my stash. Thanks for the inspiration.

When you said "layers" I thought of an add we used to have here in Oz...it was for Sara Lee Cheesecake and it sticks in my head because they described it as "layer upon layer upon layer". LOL...hugs Khris in Oz

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